How to clean your guitar: the Guitar World guide to keeping your guitar in premium condition By Metal Mike Chlasciak, Guitar World Staff published 18 March 20 Get your electric guitar looking like new in just four steps inspired by the car detailing world
How to Construct Classic Eighties-Style Metal Guitar Parts By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 31 May 19 Learn three “classic” metal-style riffs packed with melodic movement.
Combining Metal-Style Rhythm-Playing Techniques to Create Memorable Riffs By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 3 May 19 Learn a handful of riffs designed to sharpen up very specific and different aspects of your heavy-metal guitar technique.
10 Tips to Boost Your Practice Session By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 22 March 19 Sure, there are days when we are all inspired to pick up our guitars and play. But what about the other days?
How to Incorporate Suspended Chords into Heavy Metal Rhythm Guitar Parts By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 20 March 19 Learn a few different examples of rhythm-guitar ideas that jump around harmonically and also feature the incorporation of suspended chords.
How to Fortify Power-Chord Ideas with Single-Note Lines and Diads By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 19 February 19 Learn a variety of ways you can bring more melodic content to your power-chord-driven ideas through the use of single-note lines and small two-note chord voicings.
How Guitarists Can Build Super-Human Legato Chops By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 23 January 19 Get your fret-hand chops in shape and develop excellent fretboard “traction” with this lesson.
Build Up Your Chops with These Challenging, Molten-Hot Metal Riffs By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 28 November 18 Mastering these riffs will get your chops razor sharp and stronger than ever.
Exploring Drop-D Tuning’s Unique Melodic Possibilities By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 16 November 18 Some cool things you can do with drop-D (with an emphasis on unusual melodic intervals).
Killer Runs to Sharpen Your Pick-Hand and Fret-Hand Skills By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 7 November 18 Fortify your fret-hand/pick-hand coordination while strengthening your overall chops and ability to play fast and clean.
How to Use the Dark Sound of the Phrygian Mode’s “Flatted” Intervals By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 15 October 18 Examine how the Phrygian Mode can be utilized for heavy-metal riffs and solos.
Mastering the Fundamental Modes Across the Entire Fretboard By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 26 September 18 Get a more complete understanding of the seven fundamental modes.
Exploring the Phrygian Mode’s Evil Sister Scale, Phrygian Dominant By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 13 June 18
Get your Maiden and Priest on by building awesome three-part guitar harmonies By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 15 May 18 Mike Chlasciak shows you how to achieve multilayered heavy metal bliss
How to Forge Aggressive, Memorable Riffs with Unexpected Twists By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 2 April 18
Pentatonic Trailblazing: How to Navigate Through a Familiar Scale to Produce Fresh-Sounding Licks By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 2 January 18
How to Incorporate Minor Scales Into Riffs and Rhythm Parts By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 14 December 17
Four Things to Consider When Buying Your Next Guitar By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 18 September 17
One-Way Ticket to a Sick Guitar Tone By Metal Mike Chlasciak published 28 September 16 Guitar players are usually on a mission to improve theirguitar tone. For many, this journey never ends. I dare say we're obsessed with it.